Tashkent tops global air pollution ranking

According to IQAir, the amount of harmful PM10 particles in the capital’s air was recorded at 269.7 µg/m³, nearly six times higher than the World Health Organization’s (WHO) daily limit of 45 µg/m³. Such a concentration poses a serious threat to human health.

Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, ranked second on the list with a PM2.5 concentration of 152 µg/m³, followed by Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 132 µg/m³. Other cities included in the top ten were Kolkata (India), Manama (Bahrain), Doha (Qatar), Jakarta (Indonesia), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Delhi (India), and Baghdad (Iraq).

The World Health Organization notes that among all indicators of air pollution, PM2.5 particles pose the greatest risk to human health.